{"id":3880,"date":"2025-06-16T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:43:26","slug":"the-mother-tongue-root-of-cultural-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/the-mother-tongue-root-of-cultural-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mother Tongue: Root of Cultural Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n    <div class=\"custom-author-box\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img-20250609-wa00288614651946021637363.jpg\" alt=\"Author Image\">\r\n        <span class=\"author-name\">Rahil Huzaif<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <style>\r\n        .custom-author-box {\r\n            display: flex;\r\n            align-items: center;\r\n            position: relative;\r\n            width: 250px; \/* Set the total width of the author box *\/\r\n            margin-top: 20px;\r\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-author-box img {\r\n            width: 70px; \/* Set the image width *\/\r\n            height: 70px; \/* Set the image height *\/\r\n            border-radius: 50%;\r\n            object-fit: cover;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-author-box .author-name {\r\n            position: absolute;\r\n            left: 80px; \/* Adjust if the image width changes *\/\r\n            top: 50%;\r\n            transform: translateY(-50%);\r\n            font-size: 16px;\r\n            font-weight: bold;\r\n            color: #fff;\r\n            background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);\r\n            padding: 5px 10px;\r\n            border-radius: 12px;\r\n            white-space: nowrap;\r\n            text-overflow: ellipsis;\r\n            overflow: hidden;\r\n            max-width: calc(100% - 50px); \/* Ensures it doesn't overflow *\/\r\n            width: auto; \/* Allows width to adjust automatically *\/\r\n            display: inline-block; \/* Ensures it only takes necessary space *\/\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n\r\n    \n\n\n\n<p>Language is a medium of exchange through which we share and convey ideas. It involves communication between two or more individuals. Language serves as an identifier\u2014connecting people of different dialects, regions, nations, and generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the most fundamental means of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mother tongue is the truest reflection of our identity. It signifies where we come from. It is deeply tied to our culture and is with us from birth\u2014our earliest, childhood connection to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mother tongue plays a crucial role in shaping the identity of a nation, region, or community. It is often said, &#8220;The mother tongue is the key to our prison,&#8221; emphasizing its power to unlock our cultural essence. Yet, unfortunately, fewer people today are fluent in their native languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many individuals are now unable to understand or speak their own mother tongue. When it comes to reading or writing in it, even fewer are capable. Recognizing even a single word can become a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is because many children are being raised with foreign languages, while their native language\u2014their very identity\u2014is being neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We often imitate or adopt Western cultures at the cost of our own. This leads to a loss of our cultural and traditional knowledge. It&#8217;s like, as the saying goes, &#8220;Putting the axe to our own feet.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, we risk losing the cultural and traditional identity that our ancestors preserved for generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Language is a medium of exchange through which we share and convey ideas. It involves communication between two or more individuals. Language serves as an identifier\u2014connecting people of different dialects, regions, nations, and generations. It is the most fundamental means of communication. Our mother tongue is the truest reflection of our identity. It signifies where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3880"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3883,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3880\/revisions\/3883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}